Pitman,Ian

AND CLOUDS FLYING

London, Faber & Faber 1st edition 1947 Color frontis + plates and drawings by Peter Scott . Tall octavo emerald cloth (tips sl.rubbed) 152pp inscription on FEP else V.G

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Book number: B56655

Catalogue: Botany and Natural History

Keywords: birds natural history illustrated

Pizzy,Graham

SEPARATE CREATION: Discovery of Wild Australia By Explorers and Naturalists

London, Croom Helm 1980s approx) Color illustrations throughout . Large octavo boards in dust jacket (lower rear corner sl.bumped else near Fine) 150pp

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Book number: B61222

Catalogue: Botany and Natural History

Keywords: Australia wild life

Plumptre,George

LATEST COUNTRY GARDENS, The

London, Bodley Head 1st edition 1988 Color and b/w illustrations throughout . Small quarto boards in slightly chipped dust jacket (tips sl.worn/edges rubbed) 175pp * Designs of gardens adapting the great traditions of earlier times to the post 1945 era. Part III being a gazetteer of the gardens discussed and cross referenced to the pages of the main text as well as a paragraph on their history & a desciption.

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Book number: B54436

Catalogue: Botany and Natural History

Keywords: gardening design mostly for gardens over 3 acres

Pycraft,W.P.

CAMOUFLAGE IN NATURE

London, Hutchinson & Co 2nd revised edition N D Color (several) and b/w plates throughout (38) . Octavo blue cloth (tips worn/edges & spine faded) xiv+280pp ideogram stamp on FEP else V.G+ *Deals with color from pigments in skin, to feathers etc. & from protective coloration to mimicry, warning colors, display colors etc. Still a classic work on the subject.

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Book number: B58235

Catalogue: Botany and Natural History

Keywords: natural history animal behavior

Ratcliffe,Jane with foreword by V. McKenna

FLY HIGH, RUN FREE

London, Chatto&Windus 1st edition 1979 Plates illustrating the animals she has rescued and returned to the wild . Octavo boards in dust jacket (boards marked by tape removal & edges faded/tips rubbed) 168pp ex library with usual marks to EPs and back of titlepage else neat and clean in V.G jacket *Much on retraining birds of prey to catch their own food

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Book number: B51155

Catalogue: Botany and Natural History

Keywords: wildlife recue English lake district

Rorvik,David M.

IN HIS IMAGE the Cloning of a Man

London, Hamilton 1st edition 1978 . Octavo boards in dust jacket (tips sl.rubbed) 207pp *Scientific reporter approached to report on the cloning of a human being, the genetic engineering behind the procedure and the moral issues involved.

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Book number: B54693

Catalogue: Botany and Natural History

Keywords: genetic engineering cloning

Sando,William J.

BEEKMANTOWN GROUP (Lower Ordovician) of Maryland

USA, Geological Soc.of America Memoir 68 1957 Plates (15) + text illus. & maps + tables incl. 5 folding maps in pocket at rear (as listed) . Octavo plum cloth (tips slightly rubbed) 161pp inscription on FEP else V.G+

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Book number: B58550

Catalogue: Botany and Natural History

Keywords: geology America fossils

Sharpe,R. Bowdler

BIRDS OF GREAT BRITAIN Vol.II

London, Shaw & Co Naturalists' library 1896, 1897 approx) Color lithographed plates (26 plates numbered 32-58 with full color backgrounds) + text wood engravings . Octavo red cloth spine gilt (tips rubbed) xviii+308pp A neat clean copy with fine plates of owls, ducks & geese, hawks and eagles and other birds of prey.

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Book number: B59681

Catalogue: Botany and Natural History

Keywords: birds color illustrated natural history set

Shewell-Cooper, W.E.

THE ROYAL GARDENERS King George VI and his Queen

London, Cassell & Co 1st edition 1952 Colour (5) and b/w illustrations (87). . Small quarto green boards (tips bumped/slight edge fading) xiii+66pp. *Published in this first edition shortly after death of King George VI in 1951 with approval of his widow Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother.

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Book number: B58580

Catalogue: Botany and Natural History

Keywords: gardens gardening royal flowers fruit vegetables

Stamp,L.Dudley

BRITAIN'S STRUCTURE AND SCENERY

London, Collins New Naturalist series 1st edition 1946 Color plates (47) + 40 b/w & 74 text illlustrations . Octavo green cloth (tips slightly worn/spine bit faded/marked) xvi+255p V.G+ no dust jacket neat name on FEP

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Book number: B50122

Catalogue: Botany and Natural History

Keywords: geology

Stevenson,Violet

FLOWER ARRAGEMENTS THROUGH THE YEAR

London, Collingride 3rd edition 1959 Illustrated to nearly every opening . Large octavo boards in price clipped dust jacket (tips rubbed) 72pp slight foxing else V.G in edge chipped jacket

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Book number: B60751

Catalogue: Botany and Natural History

Keywords: arrangement flowers seasonal

Suanders,Howard revised by William Eagle Clarke

MANUAL OF BRITISH BIRDS

London, Gurney & Jackson (3rd edition) 1927 Illustrations & figures (405) . Large octavo green leather spine green cloth sided (library rebind? not beautiful but servicable) Top Edge Gilt viii+834pp fully illustrated neat clean copy.

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Book number: B61298

Catalogue: Botany and Natural History

Keywords: bird manual

Tartak,Laura

COCKATIELS

London, T.F.H. Publ. 1988 Color photos (126) and drawings . Narrow octavo pictorial boards (tips slightly bumped) 124pp+index V.G

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Book number: B52530

Catalogue: Botany and Natural History

Keywords: cage birds pet keeping manual

Vevers,Gwynne

TROPICAL AQUARIUM FISHES IN COLOUR

London, Witherby Ltd 1957 Color plates of fishes (190 on 62 plates) . Duodecimo gilt boards in sl.marked dust jacket (tips rubbed) 104pp Endpapers with ink crossings out and ink smudges but not affecting any other pages. A very neat copy with excellent illustrations.

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Book number: B63461

Catalogue: Botany and Natural History

Keywords: fish aquarium tropical fishes

Warren,C. Henry

MILES FROM ANYWHERE

London, Eyre&Spottiswoode 2nd impression 1948 Illustrated with drawings by Thomas Hennell . Octavo cloth in torn dust jacket (tips sl.rubbed ) 162pp EPs foxed else clean and white V.G *East Anglian farming village

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Book number: B56788

Catalogue: Botany and Natural History

Keywords: countryside